576,261
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Tasmania · State / Territory
Economy & Advantage in Tasmania
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A growth rate of just 1.6% since 2021 means Tasmania is expanding much slower than most other Australian states. While the population has reached 576,261 people, the pace of increase is the lowest in the country.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Population growth has been much lower than most other areas, with a modest increase of 1.6% since 2021. This puts Tasmania's growth at the lowest rank of all peer areas.
1.6%
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/6/tasmania/topic/economy-advantage